North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Cyprina Lamarck, 1818

Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

162709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162709)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Arctica Schumacher, 1817

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891 (1844)

Original name

Cyprina Lamarck, 1818

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Species Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyprina Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=162709 on 2026-08-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cyprina Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=162709 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-04 07:23:20Z

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Amelinckx, Simon

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-09-10 13:08:08Z

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Huber, Markus

2022-09-01 16:40:28Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2023-11-26 08:23:04Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2025-12-31 01:45:26Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]

basis of record Harms, J. (1993). Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight): a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresunters. 47: 1-34. [p. 25, tab. 3: Gastrosaccus spinifer, Mysis relicta, Praunus inermis, Schistomysis kervillei, Schistomysis spiritus. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02366182 [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

source of synonymy Harms, J. (1993). Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight): a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresunters. 47: 1-34. [p. 25, tab. 3: Gastrosaccus spinifer, Mysis relicta, Praunus inermis, Schistomysis kervillei, Schistomysis spiritus. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02366182 [details]